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Thursday, 05 September 2024 14:47

Shout sets Rush, Born on the 4th of July & Bones and All for 4K, plus KLSC’s Circus of Horrors, WB sets Veep & West Wing for Blu-ray, BBC bows Bluey & a Jodie Whittaker Doctor Who box & more!

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Boy, we’ve got a bunch of new catalog title announcements for you today, along with a TON of new Blu-ray and 4K cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. But first, we have a few more new disc reviews...

Tim has taken a look at the new animated double-feature of Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan’s The Addams Family (2019) and The Addams Family 2 (2021) in 4K Ultra HD from Shout! Studios.

And Dennis has offered his thoughts on Frank Borzage’s The Shining Hour (1938) and King Vidor’s Northwest Passage (1940) both on Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

Now then, let’s dive right into those announcements...

Kino Lorber Studio Classics has just revealed that Sidney Hayers’ Circus of Horrors (1960) is coming to 4K Ultra HD on 10/29, but with an SDR only grade (probably due to limitations with the original camera negative).

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and HBO have set Veep: The Complete Series for release on Blu-ray on 10/22, in a new 13-disc set. This follows closely in the wake of Warner’s newly-announced release of The West Wing: The Complete Series in a new 28-disc Blu-ray set on 10/1. Both are obviously timed to the upcoming Presidential Election here in the States. They’re now available on Amazon.com and you can see the cover artwork below the break (click on each to visit the pre-order pages). [Read on here...]

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Veep: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Disc) The West Wing: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Disc) Bluey: Seasons 1-3 (Amazon-exclusive Blu-ray)

As you can see above, the BBC has also just announced a new Amazon-exclusive Blu-ray title that should be a big hit with kids: Bluey: Seasons 1-3 is coming to the format on 11/5, only on Amazon. That’s also now available for pre-order.

And BBC isn’t finished yet: They’re also releasing Doctor Who: The Complete Jodie Whittaker Years in a new 12-disc Blu-ray box set on 11/5. There’s a listing for it on Amazon, but pre-orders aren’t yet live. Nevertheless, here’s what it looks like with the Amazon link...

Doctor Who: The Complete Jodie Whittaker Years (Blu-ray Box Set)

But our friends at Shout! Studios deliver the big news today, by rolling out their November Blu-ray and 4K slate! Look for it to include Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All (2022) on 4K + BD, and 4K + BD Steelbook editions of John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981) and Michael Dougherty’s Krampus: The Naughty Cut (2015) on 11/5, followed by Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July (1989) on 4K + BD and the Golden Harvest Vol. 1: Supernatural Shockers Blu-ray box set—which includes Michael Mak’s Sex and Zen (1991), Lam Ngai Kai’s Erotic Ghost Story (1990), Peter Ngor’s Erotic Ghost Story II (1991), Kai-Ming Lai’s Erotic Ghost Story III (1992), Jamie Luk’s Doctor Vampire (1990), Jamie Luk’s Robotrix (1991)—on 11/12, Peter Chelsom’s A Sudden Case of Christmas (2024) on Blu-ray, Ron Howard’s Rush (2013) on 4K + BD, and new Limited Collector’s Edition 4K + BD box sets of Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s The Dark Crystal (1982) and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (1986) on 11/19, and finally Mike Flanagan’s Hush (2016) on 4K + BD—with both the Original Version and the Shush Cut—Rob Cohen’s Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) on 4K + BD, and The Stephen Chow Collection on BD—which includes Justice, My Foot! (1991), Look Out, Officer! (1992), The Mad Monk (1993), and Out of the Dark (1995)—all on 11/26. Whew!

For the record, the Henson Limited Edition box sets will each include includes a prop replica (crystal shard for The Dark Crystal and a crystal ball with wooden display base for Labyrinth), a 28-page book, art cards, and a sticker. They’ll also include a couple of new disc-based features in addition to legacy material, specifically Q&As with Lisa Henson, Brian Henson, and Toby Froud, plus a Contact Juggling Tutorial. Here’s what those look like (again, Amazon links are provided)...

The Dark Crystal: Limited Edition Box Set (4K Ultra HD) Labyrinth: Limited Edition Box Set (4K Ultra HD)

As for the rest of the Shout! Studios 4Ks, Rush will include a new Introduction by Ron Howard plus Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story will include Dolby Vision. Bones and All will include Dolby Vision and Atmos. The rest of the details are TBA. But here’s a look at all the cover artwork (and again, we’ve included the Amazon pre-order links if available)...

Rush (4K Ultra HD) Born on the Fourth of July (4K Ultra HD) Bones and All (4K Ultra HD)

Golden Harvest: Volume 1 - Supernatural Shockers (Blu-ray Disc) Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (4K Ultra HD) Hush (4K Ultra HD)

[Editor’s Update – We’ve just learned that Disney’s new 4K Ultra HDs of M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs (2002) and The Sixth Sense (1999) have also just gone up for pre-order on Amazon today, so we’ve added them here with links, along with the new Shout! 4K Steelbook of Escape from New York.]

The Sixth Sense (4K Ultra HD) Signs (4K Ultra HD) Escape from New York (4K Ultra HD Steelbook)

And that’s all the news for the moment. Back tomorrow with more.

Stay tuned!

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